Samuel pools



(No Model.)

S. POOLE. SHUTTER FASTENBR.

No. 287,158. Patented Oct. 23, 1883.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL POOLE, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO JOHN J. TOWER, OF SAMEPLACE.

SH UTTER-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 287,158, dated October23, 1883, Application filed July 20, 1883. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL POOLE, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kingsand State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement inShutter-Fastenings; and the following is declared to be a full, clear,and exact description of the same.

Devices for opening shutters and for securing the same when either openor shut, and for holding the shutter in any desired intermediateposition, have heretofore been made. In many cases it has been difficultto apply these devices and to make them Work in a satisfactory manner.

My invention relates to a fastening in which there is a curved arm, oneend of which is pivoted to lugs upon a base-plate secured to theshutter, the other end being pivoted upon a sliding collar. This collarfits over and slides upon a rod, the ends of which are supported bybrackets secured to the window-sill. Said rod is placed parallel withthe window-sill; and I employ a thumbscrew passing through the collar toclamp the same upon the rod and retain the shutter in an open or closedor intermediate position, as desired.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of part of a shutter andwindow-frame with the fastening in position, and Fig. 2 is a plan of thefastening.

The window-casing A, sill B, and shutter C may be of any desiredconstruction. The brackets a and rod b are formed or secured together,the brackets being screwed upon the surface ofthe sill B and supportingthe rod 12.

Upon the rod 12 there is a collar, 0, made with a boss upon the upperside, through which the thumb-screw d passes for clamping the collarupon the rod. 1).

Upon the lower part of the shutter, near the hinge-connection to theframe or casing, there is secured a base-plate, g, with projecting lugsh. The arm f is pivoted at one end to the lugs h, and at the other endto the lugs eupon the sliding collar 0. The arm f is preferably curved,as shown, to allow the shutter to be fully opened without coming intocontact with the corner of the shutter or the window-casing.

To operate this fastening the thumb-screw clamping the movable collar tothe rod is loosened, and the collar moves upon the rod, and the link fswings the shutter open or closed. By clamping the collar at the properplace upon the rod by the set-screw, the shutter is held at any desiredangle or fastened either open or shut. WVhen there are two shutters forone window, the rod upon the sill is to be sufificiently long for thesliding collars employed with both blinds, as seen in Fig. 2.

I claim as my invention In a shutter-fastening, the combination of anarm, the pivots at the ends of the arm, lugs upon the shutter, thesliding collar and its clampingscrew, and a rod and its support upon thewindow-sill, the parts being con- 65 structed and operatingsubstantially as and for the purposes set forth.

Signed by me this 13th day of July, A. D.

SAMUEL POOLE.

Witnesses:

GEo. T. PINOKNEY, CHAS. E. SMITH.

